Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Suicide Rates and Energy Consumption: Countries and U.S. States

I wanted to see if more energy can make people happier. So I collected data on energy consumption and suicide rates for world countries and U.S. States.
However, there was no significant relationship between the two. In other words, the "R square" value of a simple linear regression between energy consumption and suicide rates was mere 0.058. I can say,"Affluent energy does NOT assure happy life."

Table. Suicide Rates and Energy Use: Countries and U.S. States

(All energy and U.S. suicide rates data are from the year 2007. Global suicide rates are from the latest data available.)

Country/State

Suicide Rate(deaths per 100,000 people)

Energy Consumption in 2007(kg of oil equivalent per capita)

Maldives

0.3

883

Azerbaijan

0.6

1,833

Barbados

0.7

1,669

Peru

0.9

576

Bahamas

1.0

5,235

Dominican Republic

1.6

786

Kuwait

2.0

11,423

Philippines

2.1

348

Georgia

2.2

891

Guatemala

2.3

426

Armenia

2.4

1,875

Tajikistan

2.6

996

Greece

3.0

3,528

Bahrain

3.1

18,627

Cyprus

3.6

3,040

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

3.7

752

Venezuela

3.8

2,974

Albania

4.0

869

Paraguay

4.1

1,753

Mexico

4.3

1,687

Brazil

4.6

1,313

Uzbekistan

4.7

2,072

Colombia

4.9

785

Italy

5.2

3,442

Israel

5.5

3,164

Panama

5.7

1,817

Grenada

5.9

898

Malta

6.0

2,595

District of Columbia

6.1

8,026

United Kingdom

6.1

3,868

Spain

6.5

3,744

Ecuador

6.8

840

El Salvador

6.8

574

New Jersey

6.9

7,991

New York

7.2

5,272

Nicaragua

7.2

334

Puerto Rico

7.4

2,727

Australia

7.5

6,764

Belize

7.6

1,399

Connecticut

7.7

6,287

Saint Lucia

7.7

915

Luxembourg

7.8

10,441

Thailand

7.8

1,482

Argentina

7.9

2,052

Portugal

7.9

2,627

Zimbabwe

7.9

376

Costa Rica

8.0

1,144

Macedonia

8.0

1,464

Massachusetts

8.0

5,902

Netherlands

8.5

6,657

Illinois

8.6

7,943

Turkmenistan

8.6

4,877

Kyrgyzstan

9.0

992

Rhode Island

9.1

5,206

Maryland

9.2

6,678

Germany

9.5

4,338

California

9.9

5,882

Bulgaria

10.1

2,887

Canada

10.2

10,766

Nebraska

10.2

9,868

Norway

10.2

10,539

Texas

10.2

12,507

Chile

10.3

1,662

Singapore

10.3

12,310

Slovakia

10.3

3,639

Georgia (US)

10.4

8,291

Hawaii

10.4

6,781

Mauritius

10.4

1,223

India

10.5

423

Denmark

10.6

4,030

Iowa

10.8

10,433

Delaware

11.0

8,830

Minnesota

11.0

9,115

Michigan

11.2

7,590

Romania

11.2

1,944

Ohio

11.3

8,890

Sweden

11.4

6,258

Virginia

11.4

8,545

Iceland

11.5

16,972

United States

11.5

8,496

Ireland

11.6

3,941

Pennsylvania

11.6

8,129

Bosnia and Herzegovina

11.8

1,521

North Carolina

11.9

7,525

New Hampshire

12.0

6,035

South Carolina

12.0

9,682

Trinidad and Tobago

12.0

16,843

Louisiana

12.2

21,702

Cuba

12.3

821

New Zealand

12.3

5,380

Czech Republic

12.4

4,024

Indiana

12.5

11,551

Alabama

12.8

11,612

Austria

12.8

4,669

South Dakota

12.8

9,253

Wisconsin

13.0

8,311

Seychelles

13.2

3,935

Washington

13.4

8,076

Mississippi

13.6

10,692

Missouri

13.7

8,419

Tennessee

13.7

9,551

Kansas

13.8

10,309

China

13.9

1,500

Poland

13.9

2,525

Arkansas

14.2

10,234

Florida

14.2

6,373

Utah

14.3

7,605

Vermont

14.3

6,582

Suriname

14.4

1,912

Maine

14.5

8,727

Oklahoma

14.7

11,234

France

14.9

4,533

Idaho

14.9

8,921

North Dakota

14.9

16,911

Croatia

15.0

2,215

Switzerland

15.1

4,262

Hong Kong

15.2

4,103

Kentucky

15.3

12,033

Moldova

15.7

774

Uruguay

15.8

1,294

Oregon

15.9

7,477

Arizona

16.0

6,257

West Virginia

16.6

11,841

Colorado

16.7

7,698

Slovenia

17.3

3,941

Belgium

17.6

6,669

Estonia

18.3

4,738

Finland

18.3

6,400

Nevada

18.4

7,668

Wyoming

19.3

23,904

Japan

19.4

4,535

Serbia

19.5

1,991

New Mexico

20.4

9,117

Montana

20.5

12,174

Latvia

20.7

2,077

Korea, South

21.5

5,070

Sri Lanka

21.6

268

Alaska

21.8

26,770

Hungary

21.8

2,791

Ukraine

22.6

3,450

Guyana

22.9

721

Kazakhstan

26.9

3,825

Russia

30.1

5,342

Lithuania

31.5

2,719

Belarus

35.1

3,078

Sources:

European Union suicide data: Eurostat. (2011). Death due to suicide, by gender - [tps00122]; Total. Retrieved March 1, 2011 from http://j.mp/EU_Suicide